Atlanta and Chicago start an early week series tonight at Wrigley Field. Atlanta is 18-11 6-4 Last 10 winning 4 while Chicago is 11-17 5-5 Last 10 losing 1. Chicago's pitching staff has accumulated a 2.76 ERA last 14 games and looks to cool off a Braves squad who scored 29 runs in three games and 44 runs in their past five. Samardzija is 3-1 3.41 ERA on the season, but the Notre Dame man is 0.63 ERA in his last 14 Innings Pitched. Samardzija has never face Atlanta. Hanson is 3-2 3.74 ERA on the season for the Braves but 0-2 5.23 ERA vs Cubbies. Freeman who is either fest or famine for Atlanta is all feast right now with a .364 average with 6 HR's 14 X Base Hits 25 RBI's in last 19 games. Bourne is also running strong at the moment with a 10 game hit streak. The Cub's LaHair has reached base safely in 24 consecutive games and 2nd in NL with a .390 average. Braves have won 7 of 10 at Wrigley but a strong outing by Samardzija taking Freeman and Bourne out of the equation could take a bite out of this trend.